Court freezes assets of currency trading firm in fraudulent solicitation case
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a federal court order in Rochester, New York, freezing the assets of Atwood & James, Ltd.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obtained a federal court order in Rochester, New York, freezing the assets of Atwood & James, Ltd.
Venus Capital Management, an investment management company specialising in emerging markets investments, has appointed Jeffrey Heisler as chief risk officer.
Krusen Capital Management has appointed Jeffrey Volk as chief operating officer and David X Martin as senior risk advisor. “We are fortunate to have such experienced financial services professionals join the firm as we embark on expanding our alternatives solutions
Barclays Corporate has appointed Richard Garritt as Director, Funds and Asset Managers, within its Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFI) team, based in New York. At Barclays, Garritt will be responsible for building the bank’s corporate banking relationships with existing North American
Direct investments by endowments, foundations, corporate pension funds and public pension schemes together represent a quarter of the assets of the world’s largest hedge funds, up from 22

James Oussedik has joined Sidley Austin’s London office as counsel. He will be a senior member of the firm’s investment funds practice, which is dedicated to structuring and advising investment funds and advisers. Oussedik’s appointment follows that of Stephen

Arrow Capital Management has merged two fund which are sub-advised by Raven Rock Capital Management – the Arrow High Yield Fund and the Raven Rock Income II Fund. The merging of the two funds eliminates the duplication of the investment
Laurent Dupeyron has moved from Goldman Sachs to Olympia Capital Management as a Managing Director, Head of Sales, Marketing and Product Developmen
Investor Analytics sees ESMA’s recently updated guidelines as firmly placing risk statistics like value-at-risk and sensitivity analysis as mandatory requirements for AIFMD reporting. Investor Analytics has seen a tremendous increase in clients’ interest to better understand the risk reporting
Trading in equity options on Euronext NV shares will start trading on the Amsterdam derivatives market on 28 August. The new options will be listed in the Spotlight Options section, Euronext’s special segment dedicated to the development of new option